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1. Compare the DCSE Net Support Amount to the TANF Benefit Amount.

2. If the DCSE Net Support Amount does not exceed the monthly TANF Benefit Amount no further action is needed on the TANF case.

3. If the DCSE Net Support Amount is greater than the current monthly TANF Benefit Amount for one month, no action will be taken on the TANF case.

4. When the DCSE Net Support Amount is greater than the current monthly TANF Benefit Amount for two consecutive months, VaCMS will close the TANF case.

Redirected support paid to DCSE will not be screened at either the maximum allowable income or the standard of assistance.

Payments made to DCSE in a month which exceeds the TANF payment amount will be marked by one or two asterisks. The number of asterisks denotes how many months the DCSE Net Support Amount exceeded the monthly TANF benefit amount. Two asterisks will display when the DCSE Net Support Amount exceeds the TANF Benefit Amount for two consecutive months. VaCMS will not take action on cases marked with one asterisk.

VaCMS will automatically close TANF cases marked with two asterisks. When the DCSE Net Support Amount has exceeded the TANF Benefit Amount for two consecutive months, VaCMS will close the case in the month that the two asterisks appear on the TANF Cases Current Collected Support report. The closure will take place on VaCMS system cutoff. Advance notices will be generated and mailed via Central Print.

Support Enforcement will then, on all cases in which eligibility no longer exists, take action to redirect the support to the family in lieu of the public assistance payment.

Note: The report, TANF Cases Current Collected Support, Child Support Enforcement Collections Interface in VaCMS and inquiry into the Automated Program to Enforce Child Support (APECS) through Systems Partnering in a Demographic Repository (SPIDeR) system are acceptable means of verifying support amounts that have been redirected to and are collected by the Division of Child Support Enforcement. When the recipient disagrees with the listed amount, direct communication with the district DCSE representative is acceptable. The case record must be documented with the date, amount, and name of the DCSE representative.

Support reported by a client is to be verified at the time it is reported if it has not yet been re- directed to DCSE. Timely action is to be taken to close the case if the support causes ineligibility.

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